Ranch Concinnus'

[guidofatherof5]

I think that number won't apply in this situation since Cee Cee spent most of her life in the wild if in fact she is that old.
I've heard numbers from 7 to 20 years.
Many factors come into play with those numbers.
I think the wild years are hard on their overall life expectancy.
Just my opinion.

[EasternGirl]

So...I mean, I guess the question would be, if she is actually 4 or 5 years old...she wouldn't have many years left considering she is W/C? I love my Cee Cee...I don't like to think that she might be old! I know it's all something that we have to face...but...I guess I didn't think she was that old.

[chris-uk]

So...I mean, I guess the question would be, if she is actually 4 or 5 years old...she wouldn't have many years left considering she is W/C? I love my Cee Cee...I don't like to think that she might be old! I know it's all something that we have to face...but...I guess I didn't think she was that old.

Steve knows all about starting to face old-age...
With any WC adult you don't have any idea how old they are. From what you have said she could be an older snakes, you just enjoy having her around because I'm sure you have plenty of years with her yet.

[guidofatherof5]

Steve knows all about starting to face old-age...
With any WC adult you don't have any idea how old they are. From what you have said she could be an older snakes, you just enjoy having her around because I'm sure you have plenty of years with her yet.

Chris, I take offense to your comment about my age.
Let me tell you something................. what were we talking about

[EasternGirl]

Well I know a thing or two about facing old age myself...lol. I keep seeing my hands in pics and I'm like..."How did my mother's hands get in that picture?". Cee Cee still has a lot of spunk...that's for sure. I think there is a good chance that she is the snake we saw living behind my house, considering first of all...once I found that snake and tried feeding her, she suddenly disappeared and then Cee Cee popped up in the front of my house. So, chances are she relocated because she knew that her home had been discovered. Then, once I took Cee Cee in to save her from the lawn mower, the "snake from under the house" wasn't around anymore. Now, there was one more snake that I found a couple of months later that looked exactly like Cee Cee in my backyard in another location. She ended up getting bitten by something and dying. So, there is always the possibility that she was the snake from under the back steps where I think Cee Cee came from. I do think that one of them was having most of the babies that I was finding in my basement and may be Seeley's mother. So if it is Cee Cee, she may have may years on her and many years of babies behind her...and she may be canoodling with her son!

[guidofatherof5]

I just finished feeding the T.s.concinnus (Red-spotted garter snake) paddock. Was able to escape with only a minor bite.
Dang, these are some aggressive feeders.

[Invisible Snake]

Damn, Did they mistake your hand for food or did they strike at you as a defensive behavior?

[guidofatherof5]

Always a feeding response.

[ConcinusMan]

I just finished feeding the T.s.concinnus (Red-spotted garter snake) paddock. Was able to escape with only a minor bite.
Dang, these are some aggressive feeders.

I did warn you! . Once in feeding mode they are viscous fighting, theiving little monsters that will bite anything that moves or smells like food. It does get a bit better the older they get, particularly when not kept in large groups. It's big groups of young ones you gotta watch out for.

[guidofatherof5]

I had hoped my EOS would have captured this snakes beauty but it didn't.
Use your imagination and picture the white in the photo as neon blue and there you go.
Can't wait to let this male do some breeding next Spring.